Sherry Thomas Books in Order
Sherry Thomas has written 31 books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is Delicious (2008) and the newest is The Vanished Sister (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 2008–2026
- Confirmed
- 30 of 31 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,153 in 16 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 86–129 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,153 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
Sherry Thomas moves between historical romance and detection. The Lady Sherlock books put a woman private investigator to work in London; the Fitzhugh Trilogy, the Marsdens and the Heart of Blade Duology take the romance line, and the Elemental Trilogy and A Ballad of Mulan add fantasy. Thomas's catalogue holds 31 books, from Delicious (2008) to The Vanished Sister, and publication continues into 2026.
The Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas reimagines Sherlock Holmes as Charlotte Holmes, a woman in Victorian England who adopts the Sherlock Holmes persona to investigate cases with the help of her friends.
How many Sherry Thomas books are there?
Sherry Thomas has 31 books, released between 2008 and 2026. They include 7 separate series.
Sherry Thomas Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Sherry Thomas books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120084043/4
- 220083843/4
- 320093523/4
- 420104173/4
- 52012–3/4
- 62012–3/4
- 72012983/4
- 82012–3/4
- 92013–3/4
- 1020132943/4
- 1120131103/4
- 132014–3/4
- 1420144483/4
- 152014–3/4
- 162015–3/4
- 1720154483/4
- 1820163234/4
- 192017–2/4
- 202017–3/4
- 2120173174/4
- 2220183264/4
- 232019–3/4
- 2420192944/4
- 2520203524/4
- 2620213364/4
- 272023–4/4
- 282024–3/4
- 292025–3/4
- 302025–3/4
- 312026–3/4
Sherry Thomas series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Lady Sherlock books in order 10 books
Sherry Thomas books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Lady Sherlock books in order
9 books by Sherry ThomasFitzhugh Trilogy in order
6 booksLondon Trilogy in order
3 booksElemental Trilogy in order
3 booksMarsdens in order
2 booksHeart of Blade Duology in order
2 booksSherry Thomas Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Lady Sherlock Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sherry Thomas Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
A Ballad of Mulan in order
1 bookDo you have to read Sherry Thomas books in order?
You only need to read Sherry Thomas books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Sherry Thomas
Start with A Study in Scarlet Women (2016), the first Lady Sherlock book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Delicious (2008).
What is the newest Sherry Thomas book?
The Vanished Sister (2026) is the newest Sherry Thomas book released so far.
Is there a new Sherry Thomas book coming?
No next Sherry Thomas book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sherry Thomas at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sherry Thomas published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Sherry Thomas books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,153 pages across the 16 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 331 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sherry Thomas books, 21 of 31, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 31 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 30 in at least three.
What the Sherry Thomas books are about
20 of the 31 Sherry Thomas books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 6 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Man-woman relationships 6 of 20 books
- Historical romance 6 of 20 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 20 books
- London (England) 4 of 20 books
- Romance 4 of 20 books
- Women private investigators 4 of 20 books
- American literature 3 of 20 books
- England 3 of 20 books
- Fantasy 3 of 20 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 20 books
- Social life and customs 3 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 2 of 20 books